Gunners boss Arsene Wenger had promised to get the situation sorted to end the uncertainty over Wilshere whose contract expires at the end of the season.

But Wilshere revealed Wenger has yet to begin talks over a new deal with clubs - including West Ham - interested in signing him in January.

Wilshere, 25, said: “There’s not really a date in the diary. I’ve only read what he's said in the media. I’ve just played my first game in the Premier League, I’m concentrating on staying fit and staying in this team.

“That will look after itself. When it’s the right time to talk about it, I’m sure the boss will call me and we’ll have a chat.”

Back in the thick of the action (Image: REUTERS)

Wilshere, who had previously only started in the Europa League, is desperate to get more regular games to press his England claims with time running out for the World Cup.

Arsenal midfielder Wilshere made his first Premier League start at West Ham and is now hoping to keep his place and insists that is more important than the contract stand-off.

Wilshere said: “I’ve just got my first Premier League start, I’m buzzing, I’m happy about that. That’s the next step for me – to get into this Premier League team and try to stay in this team.

“There’s another game on Saturday, we’ll see what the boss does, and at the moment that’s all I’m focused on. This time of the year is probably the most important time of the season.

Wilshere captained the Gunners against BATE last week in Europe... (Image: REUTERS/Dylan Martinez)

“The game’s come thick and fast. That’s a good thing as well because we dropped points tonight but we’ve got a chance to get three points on Saturday. We need to recover now and get ready.

“I’m happy. I was ready, I was just waiting for my opportunity. It came tonight and I think I took it on well. It’s difficult in the Premier League to Europa League. You don’t get that much time on the ball.

“When you receive it, you’ve always got to check your shoulder because there isn’t much space against teams like this in behind the midfield where I like to play. I’m happy with the 90 minutes. Unfortunately we didn’t win and it would have been better if we did win, but I’m happy with it.

“The pace is higher, you don’t get much time, the tempo is obviously faster, the defenders you play against are a little bit stronger. It’s the Premier League. If you’re not willing to fight and tackle…

“You’ve got to do everything, you’ve got to be able to go forward, defend to win the ball back, so that makes it a little bit different but I enjoyed playing in midfield and hopefully I’ll get some more opportunities.”

Wilshere insisted Arsenal deserved to take all three points against West Ham and the stalemate now leaves them languishing in seventh place sweating on a Champions League finish.

Wilshere has been linked with a move to the Hammers (Image: REUTERS)

Wilshere added: “I think we did enough to take home three points. I felt we deserved it, really. We were in control, apart from that little chance at the end when we made a mistake. They didn’t really have much.

“We dealt with their counter-attack threat, we knew they were going to do that. We dealt with that well. We just needed to be a little bit more decisive in the final third.

“It’s difficult as well sometimes when you come up against teams who just want to sit behind the ball and hit you on the counter. Fair play to them, they made it difficult for us.

Wilshere was back in the starting XI in the league (Image: REUTERS)

“Sometimes as well, you need that little bit of luck for where it falls. Or to be a little bit more decisive on the final ball. We felt like we were in control and overall we feel disappointed not to get the three points.

“I think we dealt with that well. We haven’t played that for a while. I think we wanted to get a few more bodies in midfield, with me and Mesut (Ozil) pushing on and Granit (Xhaka) holding a little bit to try to get behind in midfield. I thought it worked well. The centre-halves dealt with their threat as well.

“We knew that we had to be proactive when we were attacking. That’s when they’re most dangerous, when they clear the ball and they hit Antonio or Arnautovic. But I thought we dealt with that well.

"On another night we would be win it, but we’ve just got to bounce back now on Saturday.”